I dont think they acquired licences in NY, LA, SF, Wash, Philly, etc.....they offered their programming to existing station owners.
In many cases, they were limited to smaller stations with the weakest output because the largest stations in these (and most) markets are owned by the national (or regional) telcomm companies who already control the major ad revenue in the market with their existing national programming.
It makes for tough competition.
I agree the fact that they put out a lousy product made it even more doomed to fail, but they certainly werent playing on a level field with Clear Channel.
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